Legal Profession Law
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- Article 1A person practicing law is required to have his name entered on the roll of practicing lawyers referred to in Article 6, in the manner set out in this Law.
- Article 1 اوليThe provisions contained in the Legal Profession Law No. 21 of 1960 shall be replaced by the texts accompanying this Law.
- Article 2A person whose name is entered on the roll of lawyers must meet the following conditions: First: He must be Kuwaiti. Second: He must have full legal capacity, be of…
- Article 2 ثانيهThe Minister of Justice shall implement this Law, which shall take effect from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. Deputy Amir of Kuwait Jaber Al-Ahmad…
- Article 6There shall be a general roll for practising lawyers in which their names, places of residence, and places of professional practice shall be entered in order of the date…
- Article 6 مكررWithout prejudice to the provision of Article Six of this Law, a trainee lawyer must, after enrolment in Roll No. (a), join the office of a practising lawyer. He must…
- Article 6 مكررا أThe training period shall be two consecutive years of actual practice of law, after which the lawyer enrolled in Roll No. ) A ( referred to in the preceding Article…
- Article 7An application for registration on the general roll shall be submitted to the Lawyers' Admission Committee, which shall be constituted under the chairmanship of the…
- Article 9The Lawyers Admission Committee shall convene upon invitation by its chairman at the times he specifies. Minutes of its proceedings shall be drawn up and signed by its…
- Article 10A lawyer who takes employment, ceases to practice the profession or undertakes work incompatible with this profession shall request the Lawyers' Admission Committee to…
- Article 11 مكررA lawyer may not be investigated for an offence connected with his work except by the Public Prosecution. It shall notify the President of the Lawyers Association or his…
- Article 12The practice of law may not be combined with the following: 1 - Presidency of the National Assembly. 2 - Presidency of the Municipal Council. - Employment with any…
- Article 13A government employee who has left service and engaged in the practice of law may not plead against the department in which he served during the three years following…
- Article 15Pleadings before the courts shall be in Arabic, and memoranda shall also be written in that language.
- Article 16Lawyers shall appear before the courts in their designated robes.
- Article 17Lawyers alone shall have the right to appear on behalf of parties before the courts. However, litigants may delegate their spouses, relatives by marriage or persons…
- Article 18Except for actions whose value does not exceed five thousand dinars, the statement of claim, appeal or petition shall be void if it is not signed by a lawyer admitted…
- Article 19Lawyers in the litigation departments of banks, companies or institutions, the capital of each of which is not less than one hundred thousand dinars, who hold a degree…
- Article 20The lawyer or any other representative must submit an authenticated power of attorney to the court at the first hearing at which the representative appears on behalf of…
- Article 21A lawyer to whom an official or legally authenticated general power of attorney has been issued, including representation of one of the litigants before one or more…
- Article 22The lawyer shall be responsible to his client for performing what has been entrusted to him in accordance with the provisions of the law and the terms of the power of…
- Article 23Every lawyer shall maintain an office for conducting the cases entrusted to him and shall notify the Admissions Committee of the office address and any change thereto.…
- Article 24A retained lawyer may delegate another lawyer, under his responsibility, to act in his place in the dispute, pleadings or other litigation procedures without a special…
- Article 25Subject to Article 108 of the Code of Procedure, a lawyer may not be required to testify in a dispute in which he was retained or consulted. Law Index 746 Home Page…
- Article 26The Lawyers Association must, at the request of the Judicial Aid Committee or the court, appoint a lawyer before the civil, criminal, or commercial courts to defend the…
- Article 27If the Criminal Court appoints a lawyer to defend a person accused of a felony pursuant to Article 120 of the Law of Criminal Procedure and Trials, he shall attend with…
- Article 28If a lawyer dies, has his name struck off, is suspended, is placed under interdiction or becomes unable to perform his mandate, the court shall, at his client's request,…
- Article 29A lawyer may always withdraw from his mandate or his appointment before the civil and commercial courts. In this case, he must notify his client or the person whom he is…
- Article 30Upon termination of the mandate, the lawyer shall return to his client, at the latter's request, the power of attorney and the original documents and papers.…
- Article 31The client's right to demand from his lawyer the papers and documents deposited with him shall lapse after three Gregorian years have elapsed from the date of completion…
- Article 32The lawyer shall receive fees in accordance with the contract drawn up between him and his client. If other work branches out from the action that is the subject of the…
- Article 33If there is no written agreement on fees, or the written agreement is void, the court that heard the case shall, in the event of disagreement and at the request of the…
- Article 34The lawyer’s right to claim fees from his client, where there is no instrument evidencing them, shall lapse upon the passage of five Gregorian years from the date of…
- Article 35Without prejudice to any penalty prescribed by the Penal Code or any other law, and without prejudice to civil liability, any breach of the provisions of this Law or…
- Article 36The Public Prosecution shall institute disciplinary proceedings on its own initiative or at the request of the Minister of Justice, the President of the Constitutional…
- Article 37Disciplining lawyers shall fall within the jurisdiction of a council composed of the President of the Court of First Instance or its Deputy President as chair, two of…
- Article 38The lawyer shall be notified to appear before the Disciplinary Council by registered letter with acknowledgment of receipt fifteen days before the scheduled hearing. The…
- Article 42Disciplinary decisions shall in all cases be served by a process server. Delivery of a copy of the decision to the lawyer concerned against a receipt shall stand in…
- Article 43The lawyer may lodge an opposition in the cases issued in his absence within fifteen days from the date of notification to him or his receipt of a copy thereof. The…
- Article 44The Public Prosecution and the lawyer against whom a decision has been rendered may appeal decisions issued by the Disciplinary Board provided for in Article 37 of this…
- Article 45A lawyer against whom a disciplinary decision has been issued striking the lawyer's name from the Roll of Lawyers may, after at least three Gregorian years have elapsed…